⁸ But you have turned from the way^(A) and by your teaching have caused many to stumble;^(B) you have violated the covenant^(C) with Levi,”^(D) says the Lord Almighty.

¹² Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace^(A) with him. ¹³ He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood,^(B) because he was zealous^(C) for the honor^(D) of his God and made atonement^(E) for the Israelites.”^(F)

²⁹ Remember^(A) them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.^(B)

⁴⁵ “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine.^(A) I am the Lord.^(B)